So what do those have to do with each other? Well besides the fact that both are/were Seahawks, that the two both happened this week is just another reminder of what an inexact science the draft can be. Curry is four years removed from being the No. 4 overall pick, and now he’s out of football. Wilson, meanwhile, was seen as too short to succeed as an NFL quarterback, and as a result he slipped to the third round, where the Seahawks got him with pick No. 75. And yes, we’re talking about two different front offices making those picks, one that has a great track record in the draft, and one that, well, didn’t. Even so, let’s not forget that Curry was talked about as the safest, most NFL-ready pick in that draft. It wasn’t just the Seahawks who were wrong about him that year, nearly everyone was. And even though Pete Carroll and John Schneider clearly liked Wilson, if they had known just how good he was going to be, or if any team had for that matter, there’s no way they wait until the third round to take him.

NFL.com’s Adam Schein writes about the NFC West being the best division in the NFL. That’s not necessarily a new topic after last year’s big seasons by Seattle and San Francisco, but as Schein notes, whole division is stronger with the Rams looking like a playoff-caliber team this year, and Arizona likely being much improved as well. Schein even says that the Rams would win the always-hyped NFC East, “probably by two games.” Can’t say I disagree.